English
fairywren
From fairy + wren.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
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Latin fātus ‘oracle, prophecy, fate’
Latin fāta ‘goddess of fate’
Old French faerie ‘the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or…’
Middle English faierie ‘the land or domain in which magical or…’
English fairy
Proto-Germanic *wrandijô
Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō
Old English wrenna
Middle English wrenne
English wren
Today it means
noun Any of the small passerine birds of the genera Malurus, Chenorhamphus, Clytomyias, and Sipodotus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fairywren